Additional need can exist in a wide range of ways.
A child or young person has SEN Special Educational Needs, a requirement a child has in school without which they will be disadvantaged when compared to their peers. if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
A child does not need to have a diagnosis to have SEN Special Educational Needs, a requirement a child has in school without which they will be disadvantaged when compared to their peers. .
- To understand more about SEND and a school’s obligations to address additional need, read the Quick-Guide: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Speak to the family, look through the school’s records and the panel pack A bundle of documents compiled by the headteacher to support their case for exclusion. It will be provided to the governors and the family ahead of the review meeting. . Watch for evidence of SEND, either that has been identified or likely to be present but has not been identified. It is often useful to look at correspondence between staff if you have it, as they will regularly express concern about unmet need, or a desire for further support, even when this concern is not apparent from the school’s panel pack A bundle of documents compiled by the headteacher to support their case for exclusion. It will be provided to the governors and the family ahead of the review meeting. .
Once you have done this, answer the question: does the young person have identified or apparent SEND?